Sale reports / Virginia / Roanoke Hollins Stockyard / 2023-05-08

Roanoke Hollins Stockyard

Feeder Cattle · Roanoke, Virginia · Mon, May 8
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2168
Receipts
68 head
▼ 159 vs last sale 227▼ 8 vs year ago 76 · −10.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 11, Heifers 31, Bulls 26)

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.71/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$183.71
31 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.37
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495189.2993624
Medium and Large 2468164.577707thin
One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale31 hd
183.71
—
VA average10 barns · 2,050 hd
195.08
−11.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

20 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1432230.00/cwt230.00–230.009943
Steers—Medium and Large 2475243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1541
Steers—Medium and Large 1533234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2476
Steers—Medium and Large 1610226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3791
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361192.47/cwt191.00–193.006954
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370184.00/cwt184.00–184.006811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433202.00/cwt202.00–202.008752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450198.00/cwt198.00–198.0089110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,0335
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455116.00/cwt116.00–116.005281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521228.89/cwt228.00–231.001,19310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2548176.00/cwt176.00–176.009642
Bulls—Medium and Large 1640176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0812

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.